Adecco
Supervising Solicitor Permanent, full time 37.5 hours per week Hybrid working available, three days onsite per week Location: London or Nottingham Salary: London: £61,531 - £64,769k per annum Nottingham: £55,378 - £58,292k per annum Lead, influence, and drive excellence in housing law. Are you an experienced housing litigation specialist passionate about developing others and delivering impactful legal services? This is an exciting opportunity to join a respected in-house legal team as a Supervising Solicitor, where you'll play a key role in shaping legal practice, leading a team of Paralegals, and supporting the organisation's mission to deliver safe, secure, and well-managed homes. About the Role Reporting to the Head of Legal Services, you'll lead and mentor a team of Paralegals and trainees, ensuring the delivery of a high-quality, responsive legal service across tenancy and leasehold management. Alongside your leadership responsibilities, you will manage a varied and challenging caseload including possession, anti-social behaviour, disrepair, and service charge disputes, and represent the organisation in court and tribunal proceedings. This role offers the opportunity to combine hands-on advocacy with strategic influence, coaching, and cross-departmental collaboration. Key Responsibilities Lead, supervise, mentor, and develop a high performing team of Paralegals and trainees. Oversee recruitment, induction, and continuous development of junior legal staff. Monitor casework quality, conduct case reviews, and ensure compliance with KPIs. Manage a diverse housing litigation caseload, including possession, ASB, disrepair, and leasehold matters. Draft pleadings, applications, witness statements, and instructions to counsel. Represent the organisation in County Court, Magistrates' Court, and Residential Property Tribunal hearings. Develop and deliver engaging, practical training on tenancy and leasehold management. Support senior stakeholders in identifying legal risk, shaping policy, and driving best practice. Maintain accurate reporting, case records, and compliance with professional standards. What We're Looking For Admission as a Solicitor in England & Wales or Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives (FILEX). Substantial post-qualification experience (minimum 5 years PQE) in housing law. Strong background acting for social landlords (in-house, local authority, or private practice). Expertise in housing litigation, including possession, ASB, disrepair defence, and leasehold disputes. Confident advocate with experience conducting County Court hearings. Proven ability to lead, motivate, and develop a high-performing team. Strong communication skills and the ability to build trusted relationships across the organisation. Proactive, solutions-focused mindset with a commitment to delivering excellent customer service. If you'd like to learn more about this role or receive the full job profile, please click apply and a member of our team will be in touch. Adecco is a disability-confident employer. It is important to us that we run an inclusive and accessible recruitment process to support candidates of all backgrounds and all abilities to apply. Adecco is committed to building a supportive environment for you to explore the next steps in your career. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.
Supervising Solicitor Permanent, full time 37.5 hours per week Hybrid working available, three days onsite per week Location: London or Nottingham Salary: London: £61,531 - £64,769k per annum Nottingham: £55,378 - £58,292k per annum Lead, influence, and drive excellence in housing law. Are you an experienced housing litigation specialist passionate about developing others and delivering impactful legal services? This is an exciting opportunity to join a respected in-house legal team as a Supervising Solicitor, where you'll play a key role in shaping legal practice, leading a team of Paralegals, and supporting the organisation's mission to deliver safe, secure, and well-managed homes. About the Role Reporting to the Head of Legal Services, you'll lead and mentor a team of Paralegals and trainees, ensuring the delivery of a high-quality, responsive legal service across tenancy and leasehold management. Alongside your leadership responsibilities, you will manage a varied and challenging caseload including possession, anti-social behaviour, disrepair, and service charge disputes, and represent the organisation in court and tribunal proceedings. This role offers the opportunity to combine hands-on advocacy with strategic influence, coaching, and cross-departmental collaboration. Key Responsibilities Lead, supervise, mentor, and develop a high performing team of Paralegals and trainees. Oversee recruitment, induction, and continuous development of junior legal staff. Monitor casework quality, conduct case reviews, and ensure compliance with KPIs. Manage a diverse housing litigation caseload, including possession, ASB, disrepair, and leasehold matters. Draft pleadings, applications, witness statements, and instructions to counsel. Represent the organisation in County Court, Magistrates' Court, and Residential Property Tribunal hearings. Develop and deliver engaging, practical training on tenancy and leasehold management. Support senior stakeholders in identifying legal risk, shaping policy, and driving best practice. Maintain accurate reporting, case records, and compliance with professional standards. What We're Looking For Admission as a Solicitor in England & Wales or Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives (FILEX). Substantial post-qualification experience (minimum 5 years PQE) in housing law. Strong background acting for social landlords (in-house, local authority, or private practice). Expertise in housing litigation, including possession, ASB, disrepair defence, and leasehold disputes. Confident advocate with experience conducting County Court hearings. Proven ability to lead, motivate, and develop a high-performing team. Strong communication skills and the ability to build trusted relationships across the organisation. Proactive, solutions-focused mindset with a commitment to delivering excellent customer service. If you'd like to learn more about this role or receive the full job profile, please click apply and a member of our team will be in touch. Adecco is a disability-confident employer. It is important to us that we run an inclusive and accessible recruitment process to support candidates of all backgrounds and all abilities to apply. Adecco is committed to building a supportive environment for you to explore the next steps in your career. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.
Weightmans
About your new role Our Casualty team provides a full, expert service in defending public (PL) and employers' liability (EL) claims, across the private sector and the public sector. Weightmans' team is second-to-none in providing defendant litigation services in these and other specialist Casualty areas. We operate on a national basis with dedicated commercial insurance and public sector teams. We are currently recruiting for an NQ Solicitor to join our Casualty Local Government Team in Birmingham. Working in the dedicated Local Government team based out of Birmingham with your own caseload of predominantly fast-track claims (and/or multi track depending on experience). We receive direct instructions from both insureds and insurers for a wide range of cases involving public sector and insurance clients nationally. You will be responsible for the running of the day to day of your cases including liaising with clients, opponents, court, witnesses and undertaking your own liability investigations. Types of law/responsibilities: Predominantly PI including EL, PL and Highways Housing disrepair Property damage Complete MI procedures as and when required Achieve set financial and chargeable targets Ensure relevant deadlines, SLAs, quality measures and KPI's are adhered to Comply with relevant policies and procedures Work in accordance with Weightmans' values This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will be expected to perform other duties and have other responsibilities that fall within the wider remit of the role. About You You will be a qualified Solicitor with a genuine and demonstrable interest in the above area of work. As the role is varied, we are looking for you to have a flexible approach to the work you do and be able to adapt to different tasks. We also require you to have: Current experience at handling/managing defendant EL/PL casualty claims is essential Previous experience at managing defendant EL/PL Genuine interest in claims validation Working knowledge of PL, EL, Highways Experience of handling own casualty caseload Good drafting skills Good influencing skills Excellent communication skills Excellent interpersonal and team working skills Experience of technical supervision of other case handlers Ambition and drive to grow, develop and expand your knowledge set If you meet our criteria and think this is a job where you could bring enthusiasm and commitment, then we look forward to receiving your application. Please Note: We encourage candidates to speak to us direct/apply direct for the opportunities we have available. Why work for us Come and join our award-winning organisation and team. Weightmans has been recognised as a leading employer for the 19th consecutive year at Britain's Top Employers awards 2026, and ranking top 10 in the list, the firm has also secured top positions in Chambers UK. Embark on this journey with Weightmans towards becoming one of the Top 30 UK Law firms. Why work for us? Take a look: Work for Weightmans: voted a top employer Weightmans This link contains information regarding Culture, Benefits, D&I, Recruitment Agency PSL/Non PSL and Eligibility to work in the UK information. Work for a firm where people matter - work for Weightmans
About your new role Our Casualty team provides a full, expert service in defending public (PL) and employers' liability (EL) claims, across the private sector and the public sector. Weightmans' team is second-to-none in providing defendant litigation services in these and other specialist Casualty areas. We operate on a national basis with dedicated commercial insurance and public sector teams. We are currently recruiting for an NQ Solicitor to join our Casualty Local Government Team in Birmingham. Working in the dedicated Local Government team based out of Birmingham with your own caseload of predominantly fast-track claims (and/or multi track depending on experience). We receive direct instructions from both insureds and insurers for a wide range of cases involving public sector and insurance clients nationally. You will be responsible for the running of the day to day of your cases including liaising with clients, opponents, court, witnesses and undertaking your own liability investigations. Types of law/responsibilities: Predominantly PI including EL, PL and Highways Housing disrepair Property damage Complete MI procedures as and when required Achieve set financial and chargeable targets Ensure relevant deadlines, SLAs, quality measures and KPI's are adhered to Comply with relevant policies and procedures Work in accordance with Weightmans' values This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will be expected to perform other duties and have other responsibilities that fall within the wider remit of the role. About You You will be a qualified Solicitor with a genuine and demonstrable interest in the above area of work. As the role is varied, we are looking for you to have a flexible approach to the work you do and be able to adapt to different tasks. We also require you to have: Current experience at handling/managing defendant EL/PL casualty claims is essential Previous experience at managing defendant EL/PL Genuine interest in claims validation Working knowledge of PL, EL, Highways Experience of handling own casualty caseload Good drafting skills Good influencing skills Excellent communication skills Excellent interpersonal and team working skills Experience of technical supervision of other case handlers Ambition and drive to grow, develop and expand your knowledge set If you meet our criteria and think this is a job where you could bring enthusiasm and commitment, then we look forward to receiving your application. Please Note: We encourage candidates to speak to us direct/apply direct for the opportunities we have available. Why work for us Come and join our award-winning organisation and team. Weightmans has been recognised as a leading employer for the 19th consecutive year at Britain's Top Employers awards 2026, and ranking top 10 in the list, the firm has also secured top positions in Chambers UK. Embark on this journey with Weightmans towards becoming one of the Top 30 UK Law firms. Why work for us? Take a look: Work for Weightmans: voted a top employer Weightmans This link contains information regarding Culture, Benefits, D&I, Recruitment Agency PSL/Non PSL and Eligibility to work in the UK information. Work for a firm where people matter - work for Weightmans
